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U.K. Calls for Reform in Myanmar

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Patrick Barta

Jan. 6, 2012 6:36 a.m. ET

Britain's foreign secretary continued to call for more reforms in Myanmar during the second day of his historic visit there, as he met with dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi and discussed strategies for bringing more change to the resource-rich Southeast Asian country.

William Hague said Friday that reforms undertaken recently by elected President Thein Sein raise hopes that democracy is within reach in the country, the Associated Press reported. But the British foreign secretary says Myanmar's reforms aren't yet...